Synonyms for native

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1. Natural

   innate, inherent, inborn, implanted, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, congenital, fundamental, hereditary, inherited, essential, constitutional; see also natural 1.

   Antonyms unnatural*, foreign, alien.

2. Originating in or characteristic of a region

   aboriginal, indigenous, endemic, original, native-born, belonging, coming from, autochthonous, autochthonal, primary, primeval, primitive, vernacular, domestic, local, found locally, regional, homegrown, natal, mother, by birth; see also regional.

   Antonyms imported*, brought in, transplanted, foreign.

native applies to a person born, or thing originating, in a certain place or country a native New Yorker, native fruits; indigenous, which also suggests natural origin in a particular region, is applied to races or species rather than to individuals the potato is indigenous to South America; aboriginal applies to the earliest known inhabitants (or, rarely, animals or plants) of a region the Indians are the aboriginal Americans; endemic, applied esp. to plants and diseases, implies prevalence in or restriction to a particular region typhus is endemic in some tropical areas

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noun

1. Aborigine

   aboriginal, autochthon, primitive, ancient, original inhabitant, indigenous inhabitant, tribesman, savage*.

2. Citizen

   citizen, inhabitant, indigene, local*; see citizen, resident. See syn. study at citizen.